The People v. Le May

The defendant, Kenneth D. Le May, was charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Leta, tried by a jury in the circuit court of Winnebago County, found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of 40 to 50 years. Defendant now seeks review of that conviction.

Defendant claims that the trial court erred in failing to hold a pretrial sanity hearing, and that the State failed to prove that he was sane at the time of the homicide. He also claims error in the giving of instructions and the admission into evidence of a photograph of the deceased.

The record indicates that defendant had been…